Here I am, pulling my shift at the Banana Bunchy Top Virus Patrol booth at the recent County Fair.
An example of Banana Bunchy Top Virus. Each successive leaf is shorter than the one before. Before we brought this to the fair, we make sure to eradicate all the aphids. BBTV is spread either by planting infected plants or by the banana aphid.
A lost baby goat being carried back to its mama.
Young Tarring is a second-generation banana farmer. His dad Mike Tarring and I started growing bananas at about the same time.
And re: this question….
The answer is: Me, at 960-1057.
Thanks Richard. Kamran Fujimoto (HDOA) and I will have the BBTV informational booth set up at the St. Joseph School Country Fair this Saturday, 10/12.
Lynn Richardson has been a great leader of the Hawaii banana industry for at least thirty years. We were at the cutting edge of the green movement before it was popular to be green. One thing I am particularly proud of is that we refused to use insecticide impregnated bunch covers like they do in other growing areas. We did not use them because we did not want our workers to be contacting the bunch covers all day every day. And, we are grateful to have the help of Kamran Fujimoto of HDOA. He is really dedicated to doing a good job. We are all very impressed.